A better plan to attack the retirement age problem
Jamie Mackay writes
I want to talk about retirement, a word that doesn’t always sit comfortably with rural folk. In the case of farmers it can sometimes even have deadly consequences. I know too many farmers who have either retired early to town, only to die on their La-Z-Boy recliner, or those who have never retired from the farm at all and died with their boots on!
Which leads me to the big political debate of the past week – the age of eligibility for national superannuation. I reckon the solution to the super debate is simple. Lock Bill, Andrew, James and Metiria, Te Ururoa and Marama, David and Peter in a confined space and let them out when they’re reached a bi-partisan agreement on national super. Note that I haven’t included Winston in the aforementioned group of political party leaders, due to his propensity and penchant for peeing into the tent from the outside.
Although it’s admirable Bill is tackling this thorny (some would say no-win) issue in election year, I question the reasoning for the arbitrary peg in the sand in 2037. That can end up being tinkered with by successive governments over the next two decades. Read more »